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Biden administration set to ask Congress for additional funding for Ukraine, Covid, and disaster recovery

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is calling on Congress to include additional funding in the must-pass government package for what it said are three “critical funding needs”: Continued support for the people of Ukraine, Covid-19 response and natural disaster recovery. Congress returned for a lame duck session on Monday and has a short

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US sanctions firms involved in production and transfer of Iranian drones to Russia

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Treasury Department on Tuesday unveiled additional sanctions on the entities involved in the production and transfer of Iranian drones to Russia. The sanctions target several aviation related companies and two individuals — Abbas Djuma and Tigran Khristoforovich Srabionov — who facilitated the Russian mercenary Wagner Group’s “acquisition of UAVs

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Taliban likely gained access to millions that US transferred to Afghan government before collapse, watchdog says

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Taliban likely gained access to tens of millions of dollars the US transferred to the Afghan government before it collapsed, a US government watchdog found. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which monitored US projects and spending during America’s longest war, said in its latest report that the

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CNN Exclusive: US intelligence suggests Russia put off announcing Kherson retreat until after midterm elections

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US has intelligence that Russia may have delayed announcing its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political win ahead of the midterm elections, according to four people familiar with the intelligence. Senior Russian officials

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CNN Exclusive: US intelligence suggests Russia put off announcing Kherson retreat until after midterm elections

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US has intelligence that Russia may have delayed announcing its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political win ahead of the midterm elections, according to four people familiar with the intelligence. Senior Russian officials

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Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas says he’s not quitting as Republicans prepare to escalate attacks against him

By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas maintained he will stay at the helm of the department amid intense scrutiny from Republican lawmakers who have criticized his handling of the US-Mexico border. While control of the House remains undecided, Republicans have already singled out Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland

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